If you're expecting, you already know that the placenta is a vital part of your pregnancy. This temporary organ has lots of functions, including providing oxygen and nourishment to your growing baby ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 10,000 long-lasting chemical compounds that stay in the environment and have been linked to adverse health effects on humans, including ...

Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological predictor of lifelong health, linking prenatal environments to future risks of ...

The placenta that functions to nourish and protect your baby during pregnancy should be at the top of the uterus, if it settles at the bottom then this is called placenta previa. If you are diagnosed ...

A total of 1,304,557 singleton births were available for analysis. We excluded pregnancies before 20 weeks or beyond 44 weeks of gestation (69,424 or 5.3 percent) and records for which prenatal ...

India, March 11 -- The placenta may hold clues about a child's future health long before birth.

The placenta can "record" what happens during pregnancy and can reflect both healthy and unhealthy conditions for the baby. This idea is known as the placenta-brain axis, which suggests that when the ...

Placental abruption occurs when the placenta, the tube that sends oxygen and nutrients to your baby during pregnancy, detaches from your uterine wall. This is a medical emergency requiring immediate ...